diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index d0584a312..6b5f5693d 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
 			# Apply rate limit
 			self.slow_down(start, byte_counter)
 
+		stream.close()
 		self.report_finish()
 		if data_len is not None and str(byte_counter) != data_len:
 			raise ContentTooShortError(byte_counter, long(data_len))